Other times, the Cupertino, California tech giant debuts the farmoreperfunctory$3,500 Vision Pro.
A newly revealed patent details a controller with a stick-like design.
Such a controller would include infrared LEDs to help the headset track the controllers.
Get your mind out of the gutter.© Screenshot: USPTO
The lanyard would also potentially include motion sensors or haptics.
Its the kind of kitchen-sink unit youd like to find in patents, especially those made by Apple.
Still, its not the typical design you get for VR controllers.
© Screenshot: USPTO
This controller seems more aligned with an Apple Pencil thansomething made for gaming.
Some images also show a pencil-like tip attached to one of the controllers needs.
Considering the hand-tracking capabilities of the Vision Pro, the gear doesnt exactly need a stick-like controller.
An Immersive Story, youre stuck merely grabbing and pointing.
Late last yearreports from Bloomberg hinted that Apple might beworking with Sonys PlayStationto letVision Pro support the PSVR2 controllers.
It would be the first step to allowing some VR titles to play nice with Apples visionOS.
The next step would be getting games worth playing onto Vision Pro.
Thats a taller order than working with any first or third-party controller.
Then again, we dont know how far Apples VR ambitions still go.
The company reportedlydropped its upcoming AR glassesproject at the start of this year.
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